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Spin-Along 2023 Gallery: Part 2
This year’s Lace-along resulted in so many wonderful projects that we couldn’t fit them all in one article. Here, we present Part 2 of the gallery of lace projects using handspun.
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This year’s Lace-along resulted in so many wonderful projects that we couldn’t fit them all in one article. Here, we present Part 2 of the gallery of lace projects using handspun.
Let us introduce you to a collection of some of our favorite projects that combine the joys of spinning and knitting.
The author stitches the circuitous path between her Latvian great-grandmother, a Russian spinning instructor, and her own handwork.
Grab your needles and get ready to display your sunny disposition with these cheerful knitted mitts.
My favorite part of this project was unquestionably the spinning.
Close to 300 handspinners participated in this year’s Spin Off mitt-along. Here’s Debbie Held with the highlights.
Grab a hook and some handspun and make these delightful mitts. Plus, get great tips to fine-tune your crochet gauge.
If you’ve been wanting to turn some handspun into a suitable pair of handcoverings for your own mitts, I offer up these pointers gleaned from the group’s knitting experiences.
Twined knitting, a Swedish technique that requires two working yarns that are twisted together after each stitch, makes a sturdy fabric with very little elasticity.
Twined knitting makes a sturdy fabric that will last forever, especially if you use a fiber that has an outercoat for strength and undercoat for softness and warmth.
Raise your hand! Who wants to join us for a mitt-along in 2020?
Please join us! You have nothing to lose but your frostbite.